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sed(1) should be able do the trick.

sed -e /pn_/s//nuke_/g *

The above command should replace all pn_ to nuke_ in all files in the directory you run the command.

/Björn

> I am trying to find a way to replace one word in a file
> with another word, like windows wordpad find/replace.
> 
> I need to change pn_ to nuke_ and have a 188000 lines to do it on. ugh
> 
> thanks
> Mark
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